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“When you see a headline like this in the news, “Anti-inflammatory Drugs Reduce the Effectiveness of SSRI Antidepressants,” what does it make you think? The impression is that if you are taking an SSRI then you shouldn’t take any pain pills if you want the antidepressants to work, which is the clear message of the press release that accompanied the study. This means that SSRI antidepressants must be “working” by some type of inflammatory method.”

“It is now common knowledge that low-grade excess inflammation is behind virtually every disease of aging. The obvious contradictions don’t add up to health. Pulling strings further, as I explain in this article, leads to an understanding as to why antidepressants are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, brain damage over time, and a significantly increased risk of early mortality. This is information the pill pushers at Big Pharma would prefer you never understood.”

“The overall data showed an 11 percent increased risk for breast and ovarian cancer associated with all types of antidepressants. The association between the SSRI type of antidepressants and cancer was stronger than for any other type of antidepressant.All SSRI studies but one showed an increased risk of female cancer.”

“In November 2008, it was shown that anyone over the age of 50 taking SSRIs on a continual basis had double the risk for fractures, as excessive serotonin production directly blocks new bone formation. In March 2009 it was reported in a large study of women that antidepressant use, independent of other variables, was linked to a statistically increased risk of sudden cardiac death.In December 2009 researchers reported that in 136,000 postmenopausal women taking SSRIs there was a 45 percent increased risk of stroke of any kind, a 32 percent increased risk of mortality from any cause, a 212 percent increased risk of a hemorrhagic stroke, and a 210 percent increased risk that the stroke damage would be so severe it would cause death.” -Complete article found at:

On Saturday April 4th, 2015, the headline from the British Daily Mail read “More than two thirds of people taking antidepressants “may NOT actually have depression”: Doctors discover many do not meet the official criteria.” It went on to say: “Researchers discovered more than two-thirds (69 per cent) of people taking antidepressants did not meet the criteria for major depressive disorder…also known as clinical depression. Antidepressants are also prescribed for other psychiatric disorders…researchers found 38 per cent of those taking the drugs did not meet the criteria for obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, social phobia or generalised anxiety disorder either.”

Now, one might imagine that many people would be surprise at this clinical finding. How can this be? If there are so many people currently on antidepressants (over 30 million in the United States alone), and since they have had such claimed high success rates, where on earth did the medical “experts” go wrong?

The answer to this question is simple. The “experts” were never right in the first place. The fakery of the antidepressant myth is predicated on three claims. #1 – That the patient is suffering from a mental condition (depression, anxiety, etc.). #2 – That the “condition” is the direct result of a chemical imbalance within the brain, and #3 – That this “condition” will be rectified through a regimen of prescribed medication known as antidepressants. Lets examine these claims:

#1. Modern psychology is based on debate, opinion and discussion and once there is a general consensus the new “condition” is voted into the “Bible” of psychiatry, known as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. DSM-5 was released at the American Psychiatric Association’s Annual Meeting in May 2013). This is how Canadian psychiatrist, Colin Ross see it: “The way things get into the DSM is not based on blood test or brain scan or physical findings. It’s based on descriptions of behavior. And that’s what the whole psychiatry system is.”

#2. The claims of “chemical imbalance”. I don’t think that you need to be a doctor or have any medical training to presume that the only way to tell if there is an “imbalance” of anything within the human body, is to perform a test. For example, if your doctor tells you that you have a low Blood Cell Count (Red or White) is this based on a test? Of course. It is called a CBC (Complete Blood Count). Easily done and the result “…gives important information about the kinds and numbers of cells in the blood, especially red blood cells…white blood cells…and platelets…helps your doctor check any symptoms, such as weakness, fatigue, or bruising, you may have.” Found at: http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/complete-blood-count-cbc However, there are no tests available or done to determine the level of “chemicals” (known as neurotransmitters) in the human brain. Nonetheless, the most common and egregious claim by psychiatrists is that a “patient” is low in Serotonin (a neurotransmitter). This prognosis is from someone sitting across the room from the patient. Just like magic.

#3. Based on the first two claims, the “expert” will then prescribe a treatment, probably an antidepressant. The type most often used today is known as an SSRI (Selective Serotonin re-uptake Inhibitor). Just to be clear, there is absolutely NO Serotonin in these pills and they do not help to produce more. They actually “suffocate” the brains synapses and restrict the flow.

“The problem with you,” she explained, “is that you have a chemical imbalance. It’s biological, just like diabetes, but it’s in your brain. This chemical in your brain called serotonin is too, too low. There’s not enough of it, and that’s what’s causing the chemical imbalance. We need to give you medication to correct that.” Then she handed my mother a prescription for Prozac.” -Alix Spiegel, NPR Media

-Chemical Imbalance Fraud

“There are no objective tests in psychiatry, no X-ray, laboratory, or exam finding…that someone does or does not have a mental disorder.”-Allen Frances, Former DSM-IV Task Force Chairman

Based on the analysis of these “experts” we have a choice of two completely mind-fucking theories to choose from:

A) Your mother dies (for example only) and you become sad. This sadness causes a drop in Serotonin and you then become depressed and need treatment.

B) You have a drop in Serotonin and this led to your mothers death. Thus you are responsible for her murder.

Does the above statement sound ridiculous? Well it should and these are exactly the claims that the psychiatric cabal is making. But the truth is simple; there is no data that proves a connection between brain-chemistry and mood or behaviour. And again, I will state, not only are there no tests available to determine the amount of a specific neurotransmitter in the brain, even if there was, no one ever tests any patient in any acceptable medical manner, period.

Disclaimer: I am not a medical doctor or have any medical expertise. All the information contained in this article is based on research and the quotes are the opinions of those that made them. Discontinuation of medical treatment can only be made under the guidance and supervision of a medical doctor. If you are on any type of antidepressant or similar, never stop taking them cold-turkey as this can be very dangerous with server side-effects.

The modern prescribed treatment for depression and anxiety is based on the claim of a chemical imbalance, usually serotonin, also known as a neurotransmitter. This is an interesting assertion since there is no way to test this “theory”. “There are no objective tests in psychiatry, no X-ray, laboratory, or exam finding that says definitively that someone does or does not have a mental disorder.”-Allen Frances, Former DSM-IV Task Force Chairman

Also of great interest is that the prescribed medication does not increase serotonin (or other chemicals) as you might expect. It does in fact slows down/blocks its usage through an unnatural and unproven chemical treatment in the form of a pill (that you pay about $2 or more for). So strangle the synapse and all is well apparently. Yes, all is well in the bank accounts of the pharmaceutical companies who have made massive profits by prescribing this fake “cure”. Sales of antidepressants surpassed $11 billion in 2010. By 2012 Cymbalta (made by Eli Lilly) sales were around $4 billion in the U.S. Pristiq (Desvenlafaxine), a Wyeth product that is now replacing their flagship Effexor, received “over 3 million prescriptions…on a monthly basis throughout the past year (2014).” -Found at: http://mentalhealthdaily.com/

Another billion-dollar question is, what kind of brain damage will result from this quackery? The numbers don’t lie and are well documented. Oh, and btw, there is no proof that a depressed person is low in serotonin in the first place as per the statement below:

“… the truth is that researchers have never discovered a single defective gene or accurately identified any chemical imbalance that has caused an emotional disorder; nor have they ever proven that brain abnormalities are responsible for even one emotional disorder. In fact, the National Institute of Mental Health openly admits that the causes of schizophrenia, depression, mania, anxiety and hyperactivity are unknown.” –“Broken Brains or Wounded Hearts” by Dr. Ty Colbert

Now lets add to this mirage the fact that the data shows the “test” period for drug approval is usually around 6 weeks, about the same time it takes for them to “work” as stated at http://psychcentral.com – “…most people won’t start experiencing the full positive effects of the medication until 6 to 8 weeks after beginning it.” How in hell can this be considered a legitimate trial length for safety? But that is what the FDA requires and the actual long-term testing takes place in the field, meaning those who are prescribed these drugs are the lab-rats.

“The psychopharmacological revolution was born from one part science and two parts wishful thinking”–“Anatomy of an Epidemic” by Robert Whitaker.

It is imperative to remember that no other medical situation, treatments or remedythat I know about, is carried out without any prior testing of the patient. Hopefully no broken limps have been “fixed” without an X-ray. No spleens ripped from our bodies, no open heart surgery, no organ transplants, no blood-transfusions, no hip replacements, no life-saving surgery begun, without some kind of test, some kind of analysis, any kind of analysis. Hopefully patients are not opened up on an operating table based on a casual conversation at the golf club or the results of a prognostications gleaned from a ouija board. And it must be emphatically stated: There are NO tests to determine neurotransmitter levels such as serotonin. It is simply a guess made by elitist “experts”.

“What the world has been told is that when you are depressed you have a problem with your serotonin levels, that they are actually too low, and you need to take an antidepressant to increase the level of serotonin in your brain. The first thing you need to know is that is false…one of the biggest lies in medicine. According to the research over the last 60 years, what is low in depression is your ability to metabolize serotonin, which actually takes the level down, so you can’t metabolize serotonin that well and you need help doing so.” Dr. Ann Blake Tracy – Interview found at: hansenschoice-greenhealth.com

Over and over, ad nauseam, we hear the same story… “Chemical Imbalance”, followed by a list of these chemicals and how a pill will “increase” the amount until we are all better. Something like an oil top-up for your cars engine. However, we know that many of these chemicals cannot be ingested directly or cross the blood/brain barrier. We also know that the prescription drugs assigned, do not boost levels, they only “choke” or slow down the usage and distribution along with destroying cognitive ability and cause horrendous side-effects including anxiety and depression, the very thing they are claimed to cure. Unfortunately the manufacturers have been allowed to sell these modern-day elixirs where statements such as “May, Presumed, Suggested or Possibly” become euphemisms for “Are, Do, Will and Fact”.

There are about 30 million Americans on antidepressants at this time, but thankfully there is now a growing tidal-wave of opposition and criticism towards these claims and statements based on pseudo-science or the old “wishful thinking”. Here are a few of them. -The Warrior

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“Antipsychotic drugs do not knowingly fix any brain abnormalities or balance any brain chemicals. What they do is suppress brain function in a manner that restrains physical mobility and diminishes certain psychotic symptoms. Like the older neuroleptics, these drugs grossly affect dopamine levels in the brain, a situation which is known to increase some people’s vulnerability to psychosis. Long-term outcomes with the use of any of the antipsychotics are dismal at best. The World Health Organization has reported the outcomes for psychiatric diagnoses to be much better in countries where these medications are not used or are used less frequently.” – “Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher” by Gwen Olsen http://www.amazon.ca/Confessions-Drug-Pusher-Gwen-Olsen/dp/1935278592

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“Psychiatric drugs are worthless, and most of them are harmful. Many cause permanent brain damage at the doses customarily given. Psychiatric drugs and the profession that promotes them are dangers to your health.”–“PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS: Cure or Quackery?” by Lawrence Stevens, J. D.

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“…Thomas Moore, author of DEADLY MEDICINE, discussed antidepressant withdrawal and stated, “Few drug companies are likely to volunteer to pay for an expensive study that has a good chance of revealing a new drug hazard.” During clinical trials investigators of Effexor found that 35% experienced withdrawal… Withdrawal can go unnoticed with the other serotonergic medications because in longer-term use severe withdrawal is often delayed several months. Patient and physician alike, mistake the symptoms of withdrawal as the reemergence of the symptoms of depression. The patient is given the drug again and the withdrawal symptoms disappear. The reintroduction of the drug stops the drug withdrawal – your first evidence of drug dependence!”

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